Senate Bill No. 6–Senator Townsend

Prefiled January 6, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Extends protection of certain civil and criminal provisions to certain proprietary words, names, symbols, emblems, signs and insignia of United States Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee. (BDR 52-67)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to trade-marks; extending the protection of certain civil remedies and criminal penalties to certain proprietary words, names, symbols, emblems, signs and insignia of the United States Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 600 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 For the purposes of NRS 600.410 to 600.450, inclusive, any

1-4 proprietary word, name, symbol, emblem, sign or insigne, or any

1-5 combination thereof, of the United States Olympic Committee or the

1-6 International Olympic Committee that is protected under 36 U.S.C. § 380

1-7 shall be deemed to be a registered trade-mark in this state, and the

1-8 United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic

1-9 Committee, as appropriate, shall be deemed to be the owner and

1-10 registrant of the trade-mark.

1-11 Sec. 2. NRS 600.450 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-12 600.450 1. It is unlawful for any person or corporation:

1-13 (a) To imitate any mark registered as provided in NRS 600.240 to

1-14 600.450, inclusive [;] , and section 1 of this act;

1-15 (b) To use knowingly any counterfeit or imitation thereof;

2-1 (c) To use or display such genuine mark unless authorized to do so; or

2-2 (d) To use or display such genuine mark in a manner not authorized by

2-3 the registrant.

2-4 2. Any person violating any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a

2-5 misdemeanor.

2-6 Sec. 3. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-7 that are committed before October 1, 1999.

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